Lukayev Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 (This is to all the non-dancers out there. ) Since we dancers often have dreams of being Aurora, Kitri, Odette, Juliet, etcetera, do non-dancers (namely critics) ever wish they were the ones dancing up at the Met.? If so - What ballet? (Choreography, music, [certain arrangement], era [Romantic, classical]). Where? (City Theatre, overseas, yadda yadda) If it's a pas de deux, with whom? (Okay, in an idealistic world, I'd partner the most good-looking guy. But then, I'm not answering this.) Any other nuances you think that you would add/take from the role, upon viewing others' performances. I might just have inspired a few brains to go put on pointe shoes. ;) --Luka Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 I have favorite roles, or roles I think look particularly interesting to dance, but I have never, ever, even in a drunken stupor, wished I were on a stage (or off a stage) dancing, at the Met, or anywhere else I remember reading, as a child, in some fairytale I've long forgotten that took place in China, the Emperor -- with the longest fingernails ever grown -- saying to the ignorant Westerner, "Oh, no. We don't dance. We have others do our dancing for us." I thought it a lovely concept (speaking as one nondancing critic) Link to comment
julip Posted June 17, 2001 Share Posted June 17, 2001 while i am in general on the same page as this as alexandra, i do have to admit that i would give anything in the world to be able to dance in paul taylor's 'esplanade'. Link to comment
Juliet Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 Never having had the slightest desire to be onstage....... I've also not had a longing to inhabit any of the roles...... however,wanting to wear some of the costumes is, indeed, another matter! This does not, I am aware, answer your question. One role I know that I would never, ever, *ever,* be tempermentally able to undertake is Giselle. [ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: Juliet ] Link to comment
Ann Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 MacMillan's delectable, deliciously immoral 'Manon' of course - oh, all those gorgeous men panting after me.. Link to comment
BalletNut Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 Swanilda seems to fit me well, as would the role I refer to as the "Tweety bird variation" from Sleeping Beauty, and the French Ballerina in Gala Performance.This is because these roles seem to work well for short dancers, and I am exactly five feet tall. If I were taller, I'd also like to do Cinderella [Ashton's of course], Kitri, Etudes, the Bluebird pdd, Giselle peasant pdd, and Mark Morris' Sandpaper Ballet. Link to comment
Terry Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 I would love to dance: *Balanchine's Tchaikovsky pdd, Sylvia pdd, Tarantella, Who Cares?, La Sonnambula -- well, anything, really!! *Robbin's Other Dances, The Cage *Ashton's Thais pdd *Petipa's Raymonda, Giselle *Macmillan's R&J, Manon *Cranko's R&J *Pdds: Grand pas classique, La Esmeralda, Diana and Actaeon *Lander's Etudes *Bournonville's La Sylphide *Mats Ek's Giselle *Petit's Carmen *Forsythe's In the Middle Somewhat Elevated *Neumeir's Nijinsky Link to comment
Manhattnik Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 This topic surfaces from time to time, and I'll answer it as I always do: the drummer boy in Graduation Ball. Link to comment
Melissa Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 1) The lead in Balanchine's Der Rosenkavalier from 'Vienna Waltzes'. The choreography, the music and the costume are just too sumptuous to resist. 2) The lead in Balanchine's 'Ballo della Regina', even thought all that intricate pointe work would kill my feet. 3) The lead in Petit's 'Proust Remembered' 4) Robbins' 'Afternoon of a Faun' & 'Other Dances' 5) The lead in Ashton's 'Cinderella' with Dowell as my Prince. Link to comment
PrimaBallerina01 Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 I would want to dance the parts of Juliet, Odette/Odile, or Aurora. Link to comment
Patricia Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 I will always want to dance 4Ts "3rd Theme," lead the Finale of EPISODES and anything in ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS, SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS, or DRINK TO ME WITH ONLY THINE EYES! Link to comment
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